The comment from the pitch curator of Ranchi’s JSCA stadium, where the third Test between India cricket team and Australia team will be held, was interpreted wrongly by the Australian media

After the Pune pitch for the first India vs Australia Test was termed ‘poor’ by the ICC, and the Bangalore Test pitch also playing not so great, Australian media seems to be very sure that the Ranchi pitch, for the third Test, will also be a conspiracy, prepared according to the wishes of India cricket team skipper Virat Kohli and coach Anil Kumble.(Getty Images)

The Australian mediaonce again questioned Virat Kohli and the Indian cricket team’s integrity after the curator of the JSCA Stadium in Ranchi, where the third India vs Australia Test will be staged, left the choice of the wicket to ‘the team’.

Local curator SB Singh said they’ve set aside three pitches for the third Test. “Each of them will behave differently. The team will choose the strip two days before the match,” he had said.

“Australia is set to walk head on into another Indian conspiracy in Ranchi, with the local curator making the stunning admission that Virat Kohli will be allowed to handpick the pitch he wants,” the report in the newspaper said.

“Australia has grown accustomed to being conned by pitch preparation on the sub-continent, and already on this tour they have been forced to play on a Pune wicket ruled “poor” by the ICC, and a Bangalore surface that at times was even more unplayable,” the report added.

JSCA secretary Debashis Chakraborty added to the clarification. “SB Singh is right. We have nine pitches here at the stadium and of which three have been prepared for this Test as is the norm with any other association hosting a Test match. Once the officials come here they will choose which pitch to play on,” he was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.